John Dryden : tercentenary essays
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John Dryden : tercentenary essays
Clarendon Press , New York : Oxford University Press, c2000
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"The last parting of Hector and Andromache"
"According to my genius" : Dryden's translation of "The first book of Homer's Ilias"
The final "Memorial of my own principles"
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Contents of Works
- Introduction : Is Dryden a classic? / Paul Hammond
- Mac Flecknoe, Heir of Augustus / Howard Erskine-Hill
- Dryden's Milton and the theatre of imagination / Nicholas von Maltzahn
- Dryden and the staging of popular politics / Paulina Kewes
- Constructing classicism : Dryden and Purcell / Harold Love
- Dryden and Congreve's collaboration in The double dealer / Jennifer Brady
- Alexander's feast, or, The power of musique : the poem and its readers / Tom Mason and Adam Rounce
- Dryden, Tonson, and the patrons of The works of Virgil (1697) / John Barnard
- 'The last parting of Hector and Andromache' / Robin Sowerby
- 'According to my genius' : Dryden's translation of 'The first book of Homer's Ilias' / James A. Winn
- The final 'Memorial of my own principles' : Dryden's alter egos in his later career / Cedric D. Reverand II
- Dryden and the dissolution of things : the decay of structures in Dryden's later writing / Steven N. Zwicker
- Editing, authenticity, and translation : re-presenting Dryden's poetry in 2000 / David Hopkins
- Appendix : Some contemporary references to Dryden / Paul Hammond
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This volume is designed to celebrate and re-assess the work of John Dryden (1631-1700) in the tercentenary year of his death. It assembles specially-commissioned essays by an international team of scholars who address Dryden's political writing, drama, and translations, his literary collaborations, contemporary reputation, and posthumous reception. Much of Dryden's work was written in response to contemporary events and issues, and several of the essays in this
volume discuss the personal and public circumstances in which his works were composed and received, exploring his responses to popular politics, and his relations with Congreve, Milton, Purcell, and Shadwell. But Dryden's intellectual and imaginative world was also shaped by the work of his literary
predecessors, and so the collection charts his creative engagement with classical poetry, especially Homer and Virgil. Other essays attend to his poetic self-representation, his philosophical vision, and the problem of editing Dryden's poetry for a modern readership. The collection as a whole presents him as a writer not only for an age, but for all time.
Table of Contents
- A note on contributors
- Introduction: Is Dryden a classic?
- Mac Flecknoe, Heir of Augustus
- Dryden's Milton and the theatre of imagination
- Dryden and the staging of popular politics
- Constructing classicism: Dryden and Purcell
- Dryden and Congreve's collaboration in The Double Dealer
- Alexander's Feast, or the Power of Music: The poem and its readers
- Dryden, Tonson, and the patrons of The Works of Virgil (1697)
- 'The Last Parting of Hector and Andromache'
- 'According to my Genius': Dryden's translation of 'The First Book of Homer's Ilias'
- The final 'Memorial of my own Principles': Dryden's alter egos in his later career
- Dryden and the dissolution of things: The decay of structures in Dryden's later writing
- Editing, authenticity, and translation: Re-presenting Dryden's poetry in 2000
- Appendix: Some contemporary references to Dryden
- Index
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